Sarah Vowell on the daily show

Does anyone else love the daily show? I swear, I get 90% of all news from reading the paper online and watching the daily show at night. I was catching up with a cache of shows on our TIVO and caught an interview with Sarah Vowell. She was there to promote her new book, which I may have to read now. At the end of the interview Vowell was talking about how she cried when Bush was being inagurated at the time she cried because she thought Bush would ruin the economy and muck up the drinking water, now she said she doesn't understand how uncreative her pessimism had been. Hilarious.

Why give cash?

I am all for giving gifts. That is why Christmas is my very favorit time of year. This however, is troubling....
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/260931_giftcards27.html

Who Do You Sue?

Alright, here it is. The most bizarre death I have heard of lately.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060222/od_nm/singapore_guitar_dc;_ylt=AuqEgAwdR8d6hWSh3N1mfPms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc

I remember very distinctly while I was in law school, I became desensitized to most deaths. I remember one case about some alcoholics that were in a rehab facility who broke into the office and drank ditto fluid mixed with tang. Needless to say one of them died and one when blind, and the other was severely injured. I could not stop giggling because they called it the "Ditto-tang" solution. The family of the decedent and the two others sued and won by the way.

Today I heard on the radio that a 25 year old fell to his death climbing out of an elevator at a new $500 million complex. I thought to myself WOW there is a lawsuit coming and who will they sue. Then I started wondering what he was employed at because that will determine in part the amount of actual damages in the case.

The Daily Rant

I am not an unreasonable person, at least I don't think I am unreasonable. I got really angry about something today and my husband Bruce told me it would be helpful to rant on my blog. So here goes... I went out to my minivan today and it was covered in dirt. There was a 1/2 inch of grime covering the entire thing. I was really puzzled, but then I realised our neighbor is having work done on her house. They are putting in new doors and crown and base molding. The workers are cutting it all in her driveway. The wind had coated my car with saw dust. The workers obviously knew this was happening. They all disappeared inside as soon as I came outside.

What bothers me is that I would have GLADLY moved my car had they indicated I ought to do so. Ring my doorbell already! I will happily move my car! Instead I am thinking of passive aggresive ways to get back at the workmen. Any ideas would be gladly appreciated.

Duty to Read Rule and then some

Always read the fine print...

http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/00b9a680/2a815ff6

dead man's blog

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/259237_webpages13.html

This article is about the increasing web presence of victims of violent crimes. A personal webpage is just that - personal. I wonder if these reminants won't make crime victims more human to some degree. Interesting article, anyway.

Wacky Video

Loved this. Just really bizarre.

http://gprime.net/video.php/tornmime